Florida at Tennessee

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  The Bismarck tribune. (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, North Dakota, December 10, 1928, page 10

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  FLORIDA TITLE H0PESFALTER AT TENNESSEE Volunteers Squeeze Out 13 to II Victory Over Florida’s Gators Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 10.-(AP) The Volunteers of Tennessee scuttled the Southern conference champion ship hopes Of Florida Saturday in a thrilling climax to one of the great est Dixie gridiron seasons. These sturdy sons of Tennessee, with a scrappv fast charging line and three sensational sophomores in the backfield, ripped into the de- Tense Of the country’s highest pow cred scoring machine, tore it apart in the first half with bewildering attack and had the stuff to turn back Florida’s desperate counter thrust that fell only a single point shy Of squaring the count. Tennessee’s final margin was Is to IL, so close that chills were run ming up and down the spines of Vol untcer partisans as Florida darkencd the air with passes serious enough to threaten the result of the game, yet winding up the home teams season in triumphant fashion. 1900 Sec Game A wildly excited crowd of 1900 saw the Volunteers not only spoil Florida’s hopes of sharing the south ern title with Georgia Tech but strengthen their claims to share of the national gridiron spotlight for 1928. Those youthful stars in orange and while, with a brilliant array of sophomores, carried on where their predecessors left off to give Tennessee the distinction of finishing it’s second successive undefeated season. Only Thanksgiving day scoreless tie with Kentucky keeps the Vols from claiming an equal share of southern title glory with Georgia Tech, which closed it’s campaign at Atlanta today by beating Georgia before moving on to represent Dixie in the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena New Year day. As it stands, Tennessee, under the coaching of the old West Point star Major Bob Neyhand, has played &c consecutive games over a three-yeaY period without defeat, winning Is and tying 2 others. Gators Top Heavy Favorites Florida, unbeaten previously this year and with a speedy, we’ll drilled outfit that had rolled up the aston. ishing total Of 324 points in eight games, entered the game a top heavy favorite, colors flying and conf dent Of victory. Each touchdown Tailed by Florids put the Gators within a point Of Tennessee but each time the failure Of the try for extra point kept thu

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Florida leads 32–⁠23 in 55 meetings, counting the 52 since this game.